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Contemporary Olson
(Hardback)
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Full Title:
Contemporary Olson
Contributors:
By (Author) David Herd
Publisher:
Manchester University Press
Imprint:
Manchester University Press
Publication Date:
3rd March 2015
Country:
United Kingdom
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Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Hardback
Number of Pages:
344
Dimensions:
Width 156mm, Height 234mm
Description
As poet, critic, theorist and teacher, Charles Olson extended the possibilities of modern writing. From Call Me Ishmael, his pioneering study of Herman Melville, to his epic poetic project The Maximus Poems, Olson probed the relation between language, space and community. Writing in the aftermath of the Second World War, he provided radical resourc
Author Bio
David Herd is Professor of Modern Literature at the University of Kent
